Dr Oliver Booth

Dr Oliver Booth

Profile

I passed my PhD in October 2024 (subject to minor corrections). My PhD research looks at the Conservative Party under the leadership of Cameron, May, and Johnson. My thesis adopts three main themes: leadership, which I explore using innovative comparative methods to explore leadership selection and the Greenstein model to assess leadership performance; ideology, where I study the extent of ideological renewal from 2005 to 2022; and institutions, where I track the behaviour and compositon of factions within the Conservative Party using quantitative analysis. My PhD is situated within wider discussions of the Conservative Party, British politics, and comparative methods.

 

Publications

 

Teaching

I am teaching on one module in Semester 1:

  • British Foreign Policy PIED3158
  • The Politics of Global Challenges PIED1001

I have previously been a Postgraduate Dissertation Tutor. 

 

Research interests

  • British politics
  • Political economy
  • Political leadership
  • Political ideology
  • Parliamentary parties

 

Qualifications

  • MA International Political Economy (University of Birmingham)
  • BA Business Economics (University of Hull)